Trading with the Environment: Ecology, economics, institutions and policyRoutledge, 2013 M11 26 - 160 pages Should there be firmer restrictions on trade, with more policies aimed at protecting its environmental impacts, or would the environment benefit most from unrestricted free trade? Do importing countries have a responsibility only to their local ecosystems, or are they also responsible for environmental degradation caused by the production of traded goods in exporting countries? Trading the Environment examines both the dependence and the effects of international trade on the earth's life support systems and looks at ways in which trading regulations could be adapted to promote ecologically sustainable economic development. It addresses the issues from a fully integrated approach, focusing on the interrelations between ecosystems, economic development and trade. The authors provide a carefully constructed ecological and economic analysis of trade and the environment, examine the existing legal and institutional frameworks and set out 16 recommendations to achieve environment beneficial trade at both national and international levels. Trading with the environment was originally commissioned by the Swedish government and is already regarded thereon essential reference. It makes an excellent introduction as well as constructive analysis, both for students and for policy-makers and professional economics and other scientists working on the issues. Published in 1995 |
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... Framework and Current Policy GATT/WTO: today's playing field for world trade GATT exceptions for environmental protection GATT panels on environmental issues GATT and international environmental agreements EU trade regulations and the ...
... framework for economic development, and the actors in society ought to use all scarce resources, including environmental resources, in the most efficient way within this framework. Social norms and rules, the institutions that recognize ...
... framework of its work, offered GATT member countries an opportunity to exchange views and present up-to-date analysis related to trade and environmental policy In mid-1994, a specific environmental committee was created, in connection ...
... framework of functioning life-support systems, and that uses trade as a contributor towards such a development. Chapter 2: Economic perspectives on trade and the environment Economics is the theory of how scarce resources can be used to ...
... framework and actual conditions — the institutional This chapter begins with an exploration of the concept of free trade, followed by an overview of the ground rules for international trade outlined by GATT, and also by the EU and NAFTA ...
Contents
Economic Perspectives on Trade and the Environment | |
Trade Regulations the Institutional Framework and Current | |
The New Playing Field Towards Sustainable Development | |
International environmental agreements with trade provisions | |
Excerpts from the GATT | |
Trade and Environment in the GATT | |